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    Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

    Va. court unseals records in molestation trial involving politician's husband
    03/27/2012
    Transcripts of pretrial hearings in the case of a Virginia man accused of molesting three girls at...
    Media groups develop ways to provide timely information about health care arguments
    03/27/2012
    Many news media organizations developed unprecedented methods to provide real-time coverage of this...
    Strong interest in Ohio public corruption case warrants unsealing of many trial exhibits
    03/23/2012
    A federal judge in Ohio has granted several news media organizations’ request to unseal...
    Exclusion of family from jury selection violated criminal defendant's public trial right
    03/16/2012
    A judge erred when he excluded a criminal defendant’s family from jury selection, Texas...
    Open government lawyer: Delaware court's disclosure of arbitration judgments does not satisfy access right
    03/13/2012
    A Delaware court that oversees arbitration between private companies has begun making its judgments...
    Miami newspaper fights for greater access to docket in secretive New York organized crime case
    03/12/2012
    The Miami Herald has asked a New York federal judge to unseal the docket in a complex criminal case...
    N.M. governor vetoes bill to seal some criminal records
    03/08/2012
    A bill that would have sealed some criminal records -- from minor offenses to felonies -- was...
    Lawyer who released texts to paper faces possible contempt
    02/27/2012
    An attorney who opposes an Ohio city prosecutor accused of racial discrimination is facing possible...
    Sex crime court records now public in Louisiana parish
    02/10/2012
    Court records in a Louisiana parish relating to sex crimes are now open to the public, after years...
    Judge orders release of misconduct report in Stevens trial
    02/09/2012
    An investigative report about alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the corruption case against the...
    Judge denies request to make gas drilling settlement public
    02/08/2012
    A Pennsylvania judge denied a request by two Pittsburgh-area newspapers to make public documents...
    Federal court rules to keep Calif. fire documents public
    02/02/2012
    A federal trial court in California granted a newspaper's request for documents in a civil...
    Promises of confidentiality require sealing of Prop. 8 video
    02/02/2012
    Video recordings of the contentious trial that struck down California’s ban on same-sex...
    Illinois Supreme Court approves cameras in trial courts
    01/26/2012
    Cameras and recording devices will be allowed in some Illinois trials after the state’s high...
    Chandra Levy juror questionnaires must be released
    01/19/2012
    A Washington, D.C., trial judge erred when he did not allow Washington Post reporters access to the...